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A physical exam to detect enlarged liver. Your doctor may determine your liver is enlarged by feeling your abdomen during a physical exam. The doctor can estimate the size of your liver by feeling how far it extends below your rib cage. Your doctor may also note the texture of your liver.
The liver is covered by a thick capsule where many pain receptors lie. Pressure against this capsule is felt as liver pain, and this can occur when the liver is swollen or enlarged, when there is acute inflammation in the organ or any injury that causes an increase in pressure on the liver capsule.